Bill Text: NY A06791 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act"; provides domestic violence victims and crime victims with supervision while taking depositions; directs the court to provide a secure location within the courthouse, and a court officer, for such persons taking depositions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A06791 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A06791-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6791 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 31, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to provid- ing domestic violence victims or crime victims with supervision while taking depositions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Lydia Peikon Cotz act". 3 S 2. Section 3104 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by 4 adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows: 5 (F) WHENEVER A PARTY IS PROTECTED BY AN ORDER OF PROTECTION ISSUED 6 UNDER SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT OR A 7 PROTECTIVE ORDER ISSUED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 530.12 OF THE 8 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, UPON APPLICATION, THE COURT SHALL PROVIDE A 9 SECURE LOCATION WITHIN THE COURTHOUSE, AND A COURT OFFICER, FOR TAKING 10 THE DEPOSITION OF EITHER THE PARTY OR THE OPPOSING PARTY. 11 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10296-01-1